The following is a partial transcript of the podcast. (Intro Music By Break the Bans.) Hello welcome to Page Turn: the Largo Public Library Podcast! I am your host Hannah. This is a monthly podcast bringing you information about awesome books, library news, and fun library tidbits from your favorite programs. As well as a Spanish language segment where our Outreach librarian Victor will bring you the latest book reports or library news in Spanish. Kicking it off as always is: Reader’s Advisory Sting Every family has its problems. But even among the most troubled, the Plumb family stands out as spectacularly dysfunctional. Years of simmering tensions finally reach a breaking point on an unseasonably cold afternoon in New York City as Melody, Beatrice, and Jack Plumb gather to confront their charismatic and reckless older brother, Leo, freshly released from rehab. Months earlier, an inebriated Leo got behind the wheel of a car with a nineteen-year-old waitress as his passenger. The ensuing accident has endangered the Plumbs joint trust fund, “The Nest,” which they are months away from finally receiving. Meant by their deceased father to be a modest mid-life supplement, the Plumb siblings have watched The Nest’s value soar along with the stock market and have been counting on the money to solve a number of self-inflicted problems. Melody, a wife and mother in an upscale suburb, has an unwieldy mortgage and looming college tuition for her twin teenage daughters. Jack, an antiques dealer, has secretly borrowed against the beach cottage he shares with his husband, Walker, to keep his store open. And Bea, a once-promising short-story writer, just can’t seem to finish her overdue novel. Can Leo rescue his siblings and, by extension, the people they love? Or will everyone need to reimagine the future they’ve envisioned? Brought together as never before, Leo, Melody, Jack, and Beatrice must grapple with old resentments, present-day truths, and the significant emotional and financial toll of the accident, as well as finally acknowledge the choices they have made in their own lives. This is a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another and the ways we let one another down. In this tender, entertaining, and deftly written debut, Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life to illuminate what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of time, and the fraught yet unbreakable ties we share with those we love. Today’s Reader’s Advisory is The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney The Nest is novel focused on dysfunctional family dynamics. The story is compelling, sardonic, moving, and pithy. The plot is driven by its flawed characters and some readers may find them too unlikable to enjoy the novel. Readers may also enjoy The High Season by Judy Blundell. No matter what the world throws her way, at least Ruthie Beamish has the house. Lovingly renovated, located by the sea in a quiet village two ferry rides from the glitzier Hamptons, the house is Ruthie's nest egg--the retirement account shared with her ex-husband, Mike, and the college fund for their teenage daughter, Jem. The catch? To afford the house, Ruthie must let it go during the best part of the year. It's Memorial Day weekend and Ruthie has packed up their belongings for what Jem calls "the summer bummer" the family's annual exodus to make way for renters. This year, the Hamptons set has arrived. Adeline Clay is elegant, connected, and accompanied by a "gorgeous satellite" stepson. The widow of a blue-chip artist, in a world defined by luxury and ease, Adeline demonstrates an uncanny ability to help herself to Ruthie's life. Is Adeline just being her fabulous self, or is she out to take what she wants? When an eccentric billionaire, his wayward daughter, a coterie of social climbers, and Ruthie's old flame are thrown into the mix, the entire town finds itself on the verge of tumultuous change. But as Ruthie loses her grasp on her job, her home, and her family, she discovers a new talent for pushing back. By the end of one unhinged, unforgettable summer, nothing will be the same--least of all Ruthie. In a novel packed with indelible characters, crackling wit, and upstairs/downstairs drama, Judy Blundell emerges as a voice for all seasons--a wry and original storyteller who knows how the most disruptive events in our lives can twist endings into new beginnings. The Children’s Crusade by Ann Packer. Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is 1954, long before anyone will call this area Silicon Valley. Struck by a vision of the family he has yet to create, Bill buys the property on a whim. In Penny Greenway he finds a suitable wife, a woman whose yearning attitude toward life seems compelling and answerable, and they marry and have four children. Yet Penny is a mercurial housewife, at a time when women chafed at the conventions imposed on them. She finds salvation in art, but the cost is high. Thirty years later, the three oldest Blair children, adults now and still living near the family home, are disrupted by the return of the youngest, whose sudden presence and all-too-familiar troubles force a reckoning with who they are, separately and together, and set off a struggle over the family's future. One by one, the siblings take turns telling the story--Robert, a doctor like their father; Rebecca, a psychiatrist; Ryan, a schoolteacher; and James, the malcontent, the problem child, the only one who hasn't settled down-their narratives interwoveave with portraits of the family at crucial points in their history. Oh the Glory of it All by Sean Wilsey. Wilsey's father was a distant, wealthy man who used a helicopter when a moped would do and whose mandates included squeegeeing the stall after every shower. Much of Wilsey's youth was spent as subservient to, or rebelling against this imposing man. But the maternal figures in Wilsey's childhood were no less affecting. His mother, a San Francisco society butterfly turned globe-trotting peace promoter, seemed to behave only in extremes--either trying to convince young Sean to commit suicide with her, or arranging impromptu meetings with the Pope and Mikhail Gorbachev. And Dede, his demon of a stepmother, would have made the Brothers Grimm shiver. Bonus segment: my personal favorite Goodreads list The Nest is on is: Birds on a Cover. Happy Reading Sting Today’s library tidbit is brought to us by members of the library’s L.I.F.E. committee: Emily and Shelly joined the pod to discuss how to be your best self at work when the stresses of the job and your life might be weighing you down. We at the library encourage everyone to treat coworkers, family members, yourselves, and all workers with empathy and respect. For full interview, please listen to the podcast. *Page Turn Sound* And now it’s time for Book Traveler with Victor. *Page Turn Sound* Hi. Welcome to Book Traveler. My name is Victor and I am the Community Outreach Librarian here at the Largo Public Library. Today I'm going to talk about a fiction book we have in the Spanish collection titled "Call Me By Your Name" by Andre Aciman. Synopsis: A young American student travels to Italy to deepen his Philosophy studies during the summer. The beautiful coastal town where he lives will serve as a framework to tell a love story that will mark his life and that of the young and sensitive teenage son of the family that welcomes him. The small mansion is a haven of beauty, culture and harmony, where literature and friendship will forge a passion that must be kept hidden. Written with intensity and emotion, Call Me By Your Name is the story of a journey through the deepest corners of feelings and eroticism, and it is also a song of beauty and the absolute power of love. Opinion Elio is the seventeen-year-old son of a professor who receives a student and philosopher in the summer house of his parents: Oliver, twenty-four years old. That is a family routine, explains Elio (since the book is narrated in the first person); It is done every year, with different guests, and they remain for six weeks until they leave. Elio and Oliver begin an attraction that will lead to a romance in silence. The relationship that is developing between the two boys grows slowly, but deeply. Yes, there is a difference in age, which is quite troublesome since Elio is 17 years old, but also, as it is later explained, the age of consent in Europe (or at least during the time the novel takes place) is 14 years old. This age difference, although prevalent throughout the book, does not prevent a connection between the protagonists at all. They have many things in common, such as books and interest in knowledge. The story is beautiful, Aciman does a great job with Elio recalling the experiences of that summer; internal monologues are interspersed, determining questions, and poetic thoughts that give the narrative a beautiful and unforgettable touch. The author's descriptions are so beautiful that the heat of the sea, of the summer, of the leaves and the sun gets into your skin and you can not imagine yourself anywhere else but in Italy. The clothes of each one are also fundamental: Oliver, according to Elio, wears his bathing suits (red, blue, yellow and green) depending on his mood. Elio wears Oliver's clothes in one moment and Oliver wears Elio’s clothes in another. Because "Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine" is, in addition to the title, the perfect phrase of the book, one that describes in a few words the relationship they have: that apart from a deep and sensitive love, is the power to merge with the other, being the other or confusing yourself with the other because, in reality, your connection goes beyond any corporal limit. And I end with one of my favorite quotes from the book: "Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries." This is all for today, until the next edition of Book Traveler. Goodbye. *Page Turn Sound* Thanks Victor for that book review. Check out our English language translation in the show notes. *Page Turn Sound* Thanks everyone for listening some upcoming library events to keep track of: March 2nd: Wake Up with the Library at 9:00am; Registration is Required; March 2nd: Ancestry DNA: I Have My Results, What’s Next? At 1:00pm in the Local History Room; March 5th: Backup & Computer Data Protection at 6:00pm in the Local History Room; March 5th: LTAP Jr. Book Club: Orphan Train Girl at 6:00pm in the Children’s Program Room; March 9th: LTAP Welcomes Author Christina Baker Kline at 1:00pm in the Jenkins Wing; March 11th: Poets Live! At 6:30pm in the 1st Floor Quiet Reading Room; March 12th: Heritage Quest at 6:00pm in the Local History Room; March 13th: Chapter Chat at 6:00pm at the Evermore Cafe; March 15th: Bead Bonanza at 2:00pm in the Children’s Program Room; March 16th: Jumping the Pond & Rubble to Ruin at 11:00am in the Jenkins Wing; March 18th: Cook-a-Book at 6:00pm in the Children’s Program Room -Registration is Required; March 20th: Basic Microsoft Outlook 2013 at 3:00pm in the Computer Lab; March 26th: Tai Chi for Kids at 4:00pm in the Children’s Program Room -Registration is Required; March 27th: Getting Started with YouTube at 3:00pm in the Computer Lab; March 30th: Family History Assistance Day at 12:00pm in the Jenkins Wing. Have a great month everyone, we hope to talk to you again soon. (Outro music by Jahzzar.)Intro music is by Break the Bans and the Outro music is by Jahzzar, both artists can be found on Free Music Archive.